Re: How to train PEC
Comments... 1. You don't need any PC connection, per se, to run the Gemini PEC recorder. You could use an autoguider camera and the ST4 port to do it I suppose. 2. If you are looking at PHD2 on your
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Michael Herman
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Re: How to train PEC
I know this is a frequent subject for debates, but proper PEC programming does help prevent tracking errors before they happen. This results in better guided or unguided performance. An autoguider can
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Paul Kanevsky
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Re: How to train PEC
PE correction helps for both guided and unguided imaging. Some errors cannot be easily guided out, and PEC helps smooth things out so the guiding is better My G11GT has a nasty 42 second recurring
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Brian Valente
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Re: How to train PEC
Do you have to use an Ethernet connection to do all the pec runs, or can you use just USB connection? I only use USB and can't get Gemini.net, right. I have a new G811G with gemini-2. No pempro yet.
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Mearl Balmer
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Re: How to train PEC
Magnus, You are correct : you can use your autoguider with the Gemini's built in PEC recorder /corrector. You skip using the old hand controller method. The correction signals from the autoguider work
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Michael Herman
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Re: How to train PEC
I think the big question is what is PEC for? It is my view that it is there to get you better unguided exposures. I believe that if you taking guided exposures, then you don¡¯t need PEC (at least not
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David C. Partridge
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How to train PEC
Hi! I'm trying to get my head around how I can train PEC in a good way. I understand that I can do it manually, that is with an eyepiece and manually issuing guide commands. But: If I can do that
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Re: Help with DEC backlash/jumpy guiding
Hi! Thanks a lot! Yes, I'd be very happy to buy a bunch (3 might be enough :)) belville washers from you, and see what difference that makes!! Can you email me off the list? magnus @ vista . se. I've
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Re: G11 Guding PHD2 rms number High G1
Used not sure how old......
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Greg Kaiser
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Re: G11 Guding PHD2 rms number High G1
"Recently Purchased a used G11 with G1 controller" i'm guessing it's not under warranty B
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Brian Valente
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Re: G11 Guding PHD2 rms number High G1
aha! I'd like to look at your PE for clues. Please send me the unguided PHD2 logfile, with info on your Scope FL aperture, and Autoguide camera pixel size X and Y, and any Barlow info (same data
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Michael Herman
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Re: G11 Guding PHD2 rms number High G1
Forgot to mention I ran 3 worm cycles unguided thru Pecprep and bearings seem ok according to the tool
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Greg Kaiser
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Re: G11 Guding PHD2 rms number High G1
Swapped RA Gearbox to Dec,,,,,only change I see is the periodicity of RA looks more like a saw tooth, Still have RA RMS at 1.6 Also removed all end play on RA and slacked up the worm to have a little
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Greg Kaiser
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Re: Help with DEC backlash/jumpy guiding
Hi Magnus, When you moved to another object, or did a meridian flip, the problem went away or got better. So I consider 2 possible causes. One is the DEC of the mount, and the second is the guide
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Michael Herman
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Re: Help with DEC backlash/jumpy guiding
Hi! Yes, I'm interested in working on the mount, finding causes that I can eliminate. I already do as you say, run latest PHD2 and use GA etc. The major problem here, is that it is intermittent...
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Re: Help with DEC backlash/jumpy guiding
That's definitely a possibility too My experience is pretty much all Losmandy mounts have a certain amount of DEC backlash so my thought is it's easier to first make sure the guiding is set up
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Brian Valente
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ASCOM Guiding of Gemini 2 Mount
Hello Everyone, Thank you very much for adding me to the group. I am an owner of a brand new Losmandy G11 GT mount with Gemini 2 hand controller, and am looking to connect the mount to my laptop
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Eric Bowen
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Re: Help with DEC backlash/jumpy guiding
I¡¯m not sure that agree that it¡¯s a PHD problem. He¡¯s talking about severe DEC backlash. This sounds like a mount issue. Rob Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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Robert Fink <sactowriter@...>
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Re: Help with DEC backlash/jumpy guiding
HI Magnus you should probably post this to the PHD group since it sounds like a guiding issue couple thoughts: 1. make sure you are on the latest phd2 if you aren't already doing that, not the
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Brian Valente
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Help with DEC backlash/jumpy guiding
Hi! Lately, I'm experiencing bad guiding in DEC on mu G11. It's OK in RA and at times also in DEC, but unpredictable (so far). Good means a RMA of about 0.7 arc secs. Bad means RMS over 1.5. I use
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